Under the terms of the agreement, Fairmount and its subsidiary Fairmount Bank will merge into Hamilton and its subsidiary Hamilton Bank in an all-cash transaction valued at $30.00 per share, or approximately $15.4 million in the aggregate. Upon completion of the transaction, which is expected to occur before the end of 2015, Hamilton will have five branch locations and pro-forma assets totaling $366 million.

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